This series is comprised of notebooks, journals, date books, as well as individual sheets of paper used by Ginsberg to jot
down his day-to-day notes and observations.

Arrangement note

The journals are arranged in chronological order by the year in which Ginsberg started the first entry. Some gaps in the numbering
sequence exist due to loss or theft of journals prior to the sale of this collection to Stanford University. Also, certain
journals which Ginsberg used to record religious teachings had been attributed to this series prior to the collection being
transferred to Stanford; however, inspection of the actual documents show that Ginsberg kept these journals with his religious
materials. To view these particular journals, please refer to the Religious materials series.